American military personnel sent to monitor weather conditions in the Mongolian desert come under attack from the Japanese air force, and team up with local tribesmen to defeat their common enemy. Second World War adventure, starring Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Casey Adams and Murvyn Vye.

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.